An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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cone
  مخروط   
maxrut (#)

Fr.: cône   

A solid bounded by a plane and the surface generated by a straight line which always touches a simple closed curve on the plane and passes through a fixed point not on the plane.

L. conus "a wedge, peak, cone," from Gk. konos "cone, spinning top, pine cone," from PIE base *ko(n)- "to sharpen."

Maxrut from Ar.

future light cone
  مخروط ِ نوری ِ آینده   
maxrut-e nuri-ye âyandé (#)

Fr.: cône de lumière futur   

The set of all points in a → space-time diagram that are reached by signals travelling from a specified point at the speed of light.

future; → light; → cone.

light cone
  مخروط ِ نور   
maxrut-e nur (#)

Fr.: cône de lumière   

The set of all directions in which a light signal can travel toward an event (past light cone) or from an event (future light cone).

light; → cone.

Mach cone
  مخروط ِ ماخ   
maxrut-e Mach

Fr.: cône de Mach   

The cone that confines the pressure disturbance created by a → supersonic object moving in a → compressible medium.

Mach number; → cone.

shadow cone
  مخروط سایه   
maxrut-e sâyé

Fr.: cône d'ombre   

A cone-shaped shadow cast by Earth or the Moon pointing away from the Sun. The dark inner portion of the shadow cone is called the → umbra. The lighter outer portion of the shadow is called the → penumbra. Its extension is called the → antumbra.

shadow; → cone.